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China, UN React to US Decision to Suspend Support for WHO

The remarks came a day after Trump - whose name Tedros did not utter - signaled the United States would halt its financial support of the World Health Organizat...

China, European Union lash Donald Trump's decision to freeze World Health Organization funding

CNN reported Wednesday that the administration is looking for new ways to allocate that money, which would leave the World Health Organization without tens of ...

Coronavirus in Will County: 75 new cases, 12 deaths

A total of over 2,000 tests have been administered at Butler Memorial Hospital with over 170 positive results received and almost 70 results pending. As of Tu...

Coronavirus latest news social care homes deaths lockdown

Trump, facing re-election on November 3 and under pressure to get the economy going again after millions have been made jobless by the shutdown, said some state...

BC health officials report 44 new coronavirus cases, three more deaths

All three deaths occurred in long-term care. Of the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, Dr. Henry says 955 people have returned back to full health. ...

Nursing home COVID-19 reporting not transparent enough for Erie County Legislature

The United Kingdom's real death toll from the novel coronavirus could be much higher than what official figures have indicated so far, the UK's Office for Nat...

'Miracle' Mom Gives Birth in Coronavirus Coma

Mary Agyapong died of coronavirus after giving birth to her second child. His daughter, Mar-Gerie Crawley, told WTVR that he had a pre-existing conditio...

Holland America Line Extends Pause on Cruises Through June 30

Juishan Hsu and her daughter just filed docs against Princess Cruise Lines, claiming the company exposed passengers aboard the Ruby Princess to the novel coron...

China approves two experimental coronavirus vaccines to enter trials

Three vaccines against potential coronaviruses are advancing rapidly in early detection tests in volunteers in China and the United States, but there is still...

Social Distancing Due to Coronavirus Could Last Into 2022, Harvard Study Finds

Dr. Marc Lipsitch, an author on the study and an epidemiology professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, also said that "If intermittent distancing is ...

Long-term care homes continue to be a concern; Dr. Tam

David Behan, director of HC-One, Britain's largest care home operator, told the BBC that Covid-19 existed in two-thirds of the group's facilities and represen...

Luke’s Phillipsburg patient off ventilator after experimental COVID-19 plasma trial

The success of the program hinges on available supply, and to help, a call has bee put for those who have recovered from COVID-19, to consider donating their pl...

Or face the wrath of more COVID-19

In other words, the way down is much slower than the way up. "Even in the event of apparent elimination, Sars-CoV-2 (COVID-19) surveillance should be maintained...

Coronavirus: Fraud warning after pharmacist arrested for 'selling false COVID-19 tests'

In a letter to Dominic Raab, who is deputising for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Sir Keir said Labour will support the Government if, as expected, it keeps the ...

Annual 'COVID-19 Season' May Be Here to Stay, Scientists Predict

The paper adds to the growing amount of scientific evidence suggesting the virus, now plaguing much of the globe, will not behave like its "closest cousin, SARS...

WHO Does Not Recommend BCG Vaccination for Covid-19

By far, there have been more than 11,000 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the country; among them at least 350 have died. 'Both the doctors a...

That coronavirus COVID-19 cure you heard about is killing people

Sanofi is also ramping up production, aiming to quadruple is capacity to manufacture the drug. The "double-blind" study meant that neither patient nor doctor ...

Coronavirus Could Spread From Shoes — CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 554,849 cases of the new coronavirus, and said the number of deaths had risen to 21,942. "Th...

Camden County, Mo. up to 28 positive COVID-19 cases, 13 recovered

Douglas County has seen 255 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began. The number of coronavirus deaths has doubled in Livingston County since the weekend, offi...

On-off social distancing may be needed until 2022, Harvard study shows

Chan School of Public Health and co-author of the report. In regards to the devastating effect the pandemic lockdown has had on the USA economy, the Harvar...

China Approves Clinical Trials of COVID-19 Vaccines

The World Health Organization this week counted more than five dozen other vaccine candidates in earlier stages of development being pursued around the world...

Harvard Researchers Say Social Distancing Practices May Be Extended

The authors acknowledged a major drawback in their model was how little we now know about how strong a previously infected person's immunity is and how long it ...

Trump reverses course on power to 'reopen' states amid pandemic

That is not true. Trump says that some governors will open again, but does not specify what are the states that are talking about. U.S. president Donald Tr...

Clare COVID Cases Approach 100 As 31 New Deaths Are Confirmed

THIRTEEN additional cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Limerick - bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the county to 265. Industry bosses in ...

Development of 70 coronavirus vaccines underway

In mid-March, Chinese authorities approved the start of the clinical trials of another vaccine against coronavirus , which was developed by Academy of Milita...

Gilead drug remdesivir improves 68pc COVID-19 patients: Study #64159

Almost two thirds of the patients in the study were on mechanical ventilation at baseline. Remdesivir , a broad-spectrum antiviral, is viewed by researcher...

115 people have now died of COVID-19 in Toronto

Almost half of Canada's 735 COVID-19 deaths are linked to long term care homes, federal health authorities said Monday, and the number of deaths is expected to ...

Rep. Amash May Challenge Trump in Presidential Election

It all began when Amash posted a tweet critical of Trump's assertion Monday that "when somebody's president of the United States, the authority is total, and ...

Donald Trump attacks U.S. media over coronavirus coverage

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci listens to US President Donald Trump speak during the daily coronavirus tas...

First COVID-19 death reported in Monroe County

Male cases outpaced female ones for the last week, but women now account for 86 of the infections versus 83 in men. The World Health Organization still has no...

Covid-19 death toll is falling 15% short

Now the only data on deaths outside hospitals is provided by the Office for National Statistics. Every afternoon, the Department of Health has been reporting ...

China Approves Trials For Two More COVID-19 Vaccines

China has approved clinical trials for two more experimental vaccines to combat the novel coronavirus , officials said today, as the world's scientists ra...

Alberta shares COVID-19 update for April 13

Ontario will receive 250,000 N95 masks, five million procedural masks, 15 million gloves, 87,000 goggles and 50 ventilators. British Columbia will receive 250...

Covid-19 Deaths in England Are 15% Higher Than NHS Reports

Meanwhile, on some days in the week up to 3 April, the true death toll in England and Wales was more than 100% higher than the official government number. "Dail...

Coronavirus could possibly spread from soles of shoes — CDC

The study concluded by noting that no medical staff at the hospital where their study was conducted had tested positive for COVID-19 as of March 30, "indicati...